Rhys McClenaghan

Rhys Joshua McClenaghan is an artistic gymnast from Northern Ireland who competes internationally both for Ireland and Northern Ireland. He is recognised as one of the best pommel horse specialists of his generation. He is the 2024 Olympic champion, the first gymnast to win an Olympic medal for Ireland. McClenaghan is also a double world champion on the pommel horse, having won gold in 2022 and 2023, the first Irish artistic gymnast to win world championship gold. He is the only gymnast to become Olympic, World, European and Commonwealth champion on one apparatus.